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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department’s civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants, according to a document obtained by The New York Times. Click here to read more

Please, Don’t Call Me “African-American!” Join our “American Identity Project” By Ward Connerly I was born in Leesville, LA in 1939. At birth, I was “colored.” From that moment until now, the color of my skin (race) has been the factor that my society has tried to use to define…

AN AGENDA FOR AMERICA’S RENEWAL By Ward Connerly Traditionally, political campaigns are waged between the 40-yard lines of the political football field. As a candidate for president in 2016, Donald J. Trump dramatically changed this tradition and expanded the field of play from the 40 yard lines to goal post…

Ward Connerly comment on the Fisher v University of Texas decision: The SCOTUS has, once again, betrayed the United States Constitution and a central tenet of American society and law that the color of a person’s skin should not be a factor in the public domain. As President John F….

In a 4-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the University of Texas’s use of race in its admissions process does not violate the Constitution. Justice Kennedy wrote the Court’s opinion. The decision is what you’d expect from an opinion upholding the university’s race-based admissions plan — deferential and uncritical….

Heritage legal fellows Elizabeth Slattery and Hans von Spakovsky say this decision “is a loss for advocates of a truly colorblind society, a betrayal of our core beliefs as Americans” not only is it a betrayal of our beliefs but they also argue that this decision is “fundamentally unfair to…